Area: Religion and Popular Culture Presenter: David Allan (Saint Joseph’s University) Conference: 27th Annual Conference Like David Bowie before him, in death we learned more about Prince’s religious beliefs from the lyrics that he left behind. In between he wrote songs with lyrics like “Don’t cry for he is coming, don’t die without knowing the […]
Dave Allan presented at The City of Philadelphia Council Hearing on September 16, 2015. Read more about the commission to promote Philly as a music town. View the full presentation.
David Allan presented Music is the Soundtrack of Your Life at SEI in Collegeville, PA. View the full presentation.
The soundtrack of yesterday has become the playlist of today, and playlists are ubiquitous. Everyone seems to have a playlist even the Pope (in Spanish and Italian) and the President of the United States (Appendix 1). We see athletes walking into stadiums wearing headphones and listing to their pre-game playlists. We see people at the […]